It’s 2010 — a new year — and what I’m about to publish is simply a reminiscence of the last one, written in the hope that I can learn from it and live this year more fully.
Last year, I was good to many and bad to most — sad, but true. And the first name I count among them is my own.
Yes — I said me. We can be good to anyone we meet, but not until we are good to ourselves. We keep trying to pretend to be what we are not; our inner self reflects who we truly are, and I spent the whole year pretending to be what others wanted me to be.
Still, I’ll remember 2009 as a memorable year. You must be wondering why — because I lived through so much good and bad in it. January, the beginning of the year, fortunately brought some good my way; but instead of simply celebrating it, I began demanding more, and slipped into a circle of suffering.
But as I always say, “Bad brings better for you” — and I try to follow that.
Thank you, friends, for being so wonderful to me.
— Abhay Gupta
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Rabindranath Tagore
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